30th August, 2014
Chris Giwa, Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), on Thursday in Abuja said the Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, would be in Nigeria at the weekend.
Giwa told newsmen that Keshi’s arrival would ensure the beginning of full preparations by Nigeria for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers whose final round gets underway soon.
“We are expecting Keshi in the country by this weekend and with that, we will go fully into preparation for the match in Calabar, and I am sure we will succeed,” Giwa, who was elected by a faction of the association’s Congress on Tuesday in Abuja, said.
Although Keshi’s contract with the Super Eagles is yet to be renewed he will take charge of the Super Eagles matches against on Congo on 6 September in Calabar, before travelling to face South Africa on 10 September.
Negotiations between the NFF and Keshi has started but crisis in the football house made it inconclusive. It took the intervention of Sports Minister, Tammy Danagogo, for Keshi to agreed to resume work only for the AFCON qualifiers.
NAN reports that Nigeria had been drawn alongside South Africa, Congo and Sudan in the Group A of the qualifiers.
The 2015 Africa Cup of Nation (AFCON) is scheduled to hold in Morocco from 17 January to 8 February.